update-fonts-scale
generate fonts.scale files
see also :
mkfontdir
Synopsis
update-fonts-scale
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description
update-fonts-scale
assembles a fonts.scale file in an X font directory
using one or more scale files found in a subdirectory of
/etc/X11/fonts/. It is typically invoked only from
the post-installation and post-removal scripts
of a package containing scalable fonts usable by the X
Window System whose X LFD font names are not in the font
files themselves, but may be invoked at any time to
reconstruct fonts.scale files. For each
directory, which is either an absolute path to an X
font directory or (preferably) simply the last component of
its path (such as ’75dpi’ or
’misc’), update-fonts-scale
will assemble either
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/directory/fonts.scale or
/usr/share/fonts/X11/directory/fonts.scale
from the index files found at
/etc/X11/fonts/directory/package.scale,
where package is the name of the package installing
the fonts.
This enables
multiple packages to provide names for fonts in the same
directory. No font package actually provides the
fonts.scale file in the X font directory itself, so
there is no danger of overwriting one package’s font
names with those of another.
For instance,
the two packages ’xfonts-scalable’ (real)
and ’xfonts-nifty’ (hypothetical) may both
install fonts into the directory
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1. They each place their
fonts.scale files in
/etc/X11/fonts/Type1/xfonts-scalable.scale and
/etc/X11/fonts/Type1/xfonts-nifty.scale
(respectively). update-fonts-scale
concatenates these two files (as well as any others that
match /etc/X11/fonts/Type1/*.scale) into
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/fonts.scale.
The format for
fonts.scale files is given in the
mkfontdir(1x) manual page.
An example of
how to use update-fonts-scale in package
maintainer scripts is provided in the Debian Policy
Manual.
options
-h,
--help displays a brief usage message and
exits.
diagnostics
Errors
usage error: one or more font directories must be provided
update-fonts-scale was invoked without operands. Supply
one or more X font directory names to operate on.
usage error: unrecognized option
update-fonts-scale was invoked with an unrecognized option
argument. Use only the options documented in “OPTIONS”, above.
fatal error: path to X font directory must be used
A directory name was supplied that was not an X font directory
name. Supply X font directory names only.
Warnings
warning: absolute path directory was provided
Usage of absolute paths is deprecated. Use only the final
component of the X font directory name for directory.
warning: directory does not exist or is not a
directory
The supplied directory was invalid.
update-fonts-scale skipped it.
Notes
Notes are only displayed under special circumstances; see
“ENVIRONMENT”. above.
note: index references nonexistent font file
filename
The index file
/etc/X11/fonts/directory/package.scale,
refers to a nonexistent font file, filename. This is
normal when package has been removed, but not purged from
the system. In other circumstances, it likely indicates an error
in package.
environment
COLUMNS
indicates the width of the terminal device in character cells.
This value is used for formatting diagnostic messages. If not
set, the terminal is queried using stty(1) to determine
its width. If that fails, a value of ’80’ is assumed.
DEBUG
determines whether low-level diagnostic messages are issued to
standard error output. A null (empty) or unset value indicates
that they are not, and a non-null value indicates that they are.
exit status
0
update-fonts-scale ran successfully.
1
update-fonts-scale experienced a fatal error; see the
section on diagnostic messages above.
2
update-fonts-scale was invoked with invalid arguments.
operands
update-fonts-scale takes one or more X font directory
names to operate on as operands. Only the final path component of
the directory name should be specified; e.g.,
update-fonts-scale 75dpi
is correct, while ’update-fonts-scale
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi’ and ’update-fonts-scale
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi’ are not.
bugs
See the Debian
Bug Tracking System ⟨ URL:
http://bugs.debian.org/xfonts-utils ⟩ . If you
wish to report a bug in
update-fonts-scale, please see
/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt or the
reportbug(1) command.
see also
mkfontdir (1x)
author
update-fonts-scale
was written by Branden Robinson.